769 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed  A Budget

It’s been 769 days since U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget.  Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said that Democrats are in a tough situation, because they only have 53 votes.

As Politico reported today:

“I think people also understand the Leader [Reid] faces a tough situation with 53 votes and a Republican House,” said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin. “It’s just not an easy year to engineer the outcomes you’d like to have.”

Additionally, Democrats like Klobuchar haven’t even offered any budget proposal, because their other partisan leaders – Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have said that to do so would be “foolish,” and that Democrats do not have the time to propose a budget.

“It’s shocking that Democrats like Amy Klobuchar cannot propose, let alone pass a budget because they only have 53 votes – which is a three seat majority – in the U.S. Senate,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “With a national debt of over $14.3 trillion, it’s time for Klobuchar to explain why she and her party bosses appear more concerned with the next election than with reining in their reckless spending habits that are bankrupting our country.”

Since The Democrat-Controlled Senate Last Passed A Budget, The Federal Debt Has Risen By An Additional $3.1 Trillion:

• On April 27, 2009, The National Debt Was $11.2 Trillion. (Treasury Direct Website, www.treasurydirect.gov, Accessed 6/7/11)

• Today, The National Debt Is Over $14.3 Trillion. (Treasury Direct Website, www.treasurydirect.gov, Accessed 6/7/11)